Getting Started

Introduction

Hello and welcome to the 10&8 Golf blog. Before getting into the golf, I’d like to briefly introduce myself, why I’m doing this, and what you can expect moving forward. Without doxing myself in my first post, I’ll stick to a very simple intro. I’m a male in his late 20’s living in the Midwest. Be forewarned, I’m not a journalist or writer. I’m filled with dumb bits of knowledge and too many Family Guy references. This could end up being a complete disaster.

I’ve started this blog because the middle of February here leaves little to do for someone that loves golf. After sitting around, I figured it was time to create my golf empire (blog). I’m not some great golfer, professional gambler, or someone just starting with the sport. I’ve been around and played the sport my whole life. I played competitively in high-school, but only because of the amount of school I was able to skip for matches.

Once in college and beyond, I’ve realized that I care more for this game than I thought. The amount of golf content I ingest is probably too much, to the point it might be an addiction. I’ve been realizing that one way or another, I want to make golf a part of my life. This blog is the start and we’ll see where it goes.

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Expectations

Moving on… so what should you expect from this blog? What is going to separate me from other golf media like journalists/writers/influencers, NLU, ForePlay, and Good Good? Well, that’s a great question and I’m not quite sure. It feels like I’m buying Bitcoin at 61k right before it steadily declined. All I know is I have my own thoughts and opinions, and wanted to start doing something with my free time. I envisioned this blog changing with what I feel works and what my readers would like to see. We’re in this together, and we can work on making this the best golf empire ever.

Getting down to the nitty gritty, here is what I have planned going forward in terms of actual blog posts. First off, this will be revolving around the PGA Tour. There are so many tours to be covered, and all of them are by other great golf media people. I follow and know the most about the PGA Tour, so for the foreseeable future, that is what I’ll stick with. That doesn’t mean I won’t talk about other things like latest news, LIV golf and other tours.

At the bare minimum, I’ll be posting a Monday and Wednesday blog. Monday blogs will be a wrap-up look at the previous event, while Wednesday will be a preview of the event to come. For the time being, I will be only focusing on the designated/elevated/big d**k events to start. If this thing gets some wheels, and enough of you actually care what I have to say, I’ll plan on doing posts for every event (yes, even you Barracuda Championship).

Here is a quick breakdown of what will/could be in posts

• Monday

  • Breakdown of previous event. Who won, who lost.

  • Notable news during the event

  • Discussion on world rankings and my personal thoughts

  • Maybe a little fashion talk, since that has been more popular lately

  • Gambling. I’m not a big gambler, but I know what’s hot in the streets, and I know how golf betting works.

• Wednesday

  • Preview the upcoming event

    • Course discussion

    • Event history

    • Dive into course fit using some numbers, but that can get old quick

  • Preview the gabling side of things

    • Favorites, why you should or shouldn’t take them

    • Dark horses

    • Give you my 5 picks of the week

• Other possible posts

  • The new golf Netflix series dropped so a breakdown of that will be coming up

  • Golf trips

  • What’s in my bag?

  • A member/guest experience

  • A weekly work league breakdown

  • Any and all other important golf news

Again, things will continue to change as we go on. I look forward to hearing from you about what you’d like to see. I’m open to any and all suggestions.

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Final Thoughts

Ya… so… bear with me here as I get started. Posts might look off, writing isn’t going to be pretty, and I’m sure I’ll have other problems as I go. This blog is starting because I have too much time on my hands, and care too much about golf to sit here and not do anything besides some rounds during the warmer months.

There is no direction or plan for the moment, I’m just looking to entertain some people with golf thoughts and I hope you will stick with me as I learn what I’m doing. If you can, please click the subscribe (keeping this free for now) button below, share with your friends and leave a comment on what you’d like to see. Thanks and hit ‘em straight!